RAMS Lab Podcast

Dr. Keeley Hynes, 2023 RAMS Lab graduate, discusses her journey to school psychology as an individual who loved education and psychology. She elaborates on her research agenda that prioritizes advocacy and activism with particular focus on microaggressions that occur via social media. Dr. Hynes is currently an Assistant Professor who recently started her own lab!

Check out some of her ⁠recently published work! ⁠

• Bystander or Ally?: Predictors of Adolescent Behavior in Response to Microaggressions on Social Media
• Factors predicting satisfaction with a microaggression workshop for school personnel
• Post or protest?: Factors influencing white women’s engagement in activism

Dr. Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán, 2026 RAMS Lab graduate, discusses her experiences as a Black Puerto Rican woman who moved to the continental U.S. to pursue her doctoral studies. Dr. Concepción Cabán provides insight into how she found school psychology and what informed her decision when selecting a graduate program. She also highlights her research successes and plans and gives recommendations to those with shared identities who may be considering similar a path.

Check out the ⁠recently published paper⁠ she references in the Journal of School Psychology: Caught between silence and truth: Graduate trainees' disclosures of microaggressions

Dr. Brea M. Banks, Principal Investigator of RAMS Lab sits down with host, Kendell Kelly (doctoral candidate and lab member) to discuss her journey to school psychology, the founding of RAMS Lab, and her hopes for the future of the field.